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Evans, president; Dr. C. B. Graves, vice-president; Dr. E. H. Eames, 

 recording secretary and treasurer; and Mr. E. B., Harger, Oxiord. Conn., 

 corresponding secretary. Thirty-one persons were present. Papers were 

 read by Mr. E. B. Harger^and Mr. W. E. Britton, and a graphic account of 

 '*The geographic distribution of certain New England plants," was presented 

 by Mr. M. L. Fernald. In conformity with a plan to collect material for a 

 complete catalogue of the flora of the state, a committee on the higher plants, 

 including the pteridophytes, was appointed, viz., Dr. C. B. Graves, New Lon- 

 don; E, H. Eames, Bridgeport; Mr, C. H. Bissell, Southington; Mr. L. 

 Andrew, Southington ; Mr. E, B. Harger, Oxford; and Mr. J. N. Bishop^ 

 Plainville. Field meetings are to be held in some of the least known portions 

 of the state, the flora of Northeastern Connecticut, for example, being almost 

 wholly unrecorded. — E. H. Eames. 



From advance sheets of "the Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 

 for 1 902 we gather the following information : A series of plant houses of 

 modern design and good construction were erected at a cost of $7,000. Dur- 

 ing the year, 128 species or varieties of plants were dropped from cultivation, 

 and 1,712 were added, making a net gain of 1,584 for the year. The total 

 number recorded as cultivated is now 11,551, Over two thousand plants 

 were distributed to hospitals and schools, and 392 plants, cuttings, or packets 

 of seeds were sent 10 correspondents of the Garden. In exchange for the 

 latter material and the publications of the Garden, or as gifts, r 1,613 plants 



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and packets of seeds were received. The number of visitors in IQ02 was 

 21,052 greater than in the highest previous year (i 901) for which records have 

 been kept, reaching a total of 112,314. The herbarium has been increased 

 by the acquisition of the herbarium of Professor G. C. Broadhead, valuable 

 as verifying the occurrence in Missouri of plants referred to in the early 

 geological reports on the state, and by the incorporation of 62,844 sheets of 

 specimens, of which 15,551 were presented or received in exchange for 

 material or publications, 469 were collected by employees of the Garden, 

 and 47*224 were bought. The herbarium, so far as now mounted, contains 



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427,797 specimens. The library has been increased by the addition of 1,5^4 

 books and 697 pamphlets, purchased, and 992 books and 1,995 pamphlets, 

 presented or received by way of exchange. Among the notable additions to 

 the library should be mentioned an extensive collection of books published 

 before the time of Linnaeus, and therefore complementary to the pre- 

 Linnaean library presented by Dr. Sturtevant in 1892. As now constituted, 

 the library contains 22,608 pamphlets, 18,550 books, and 302,955 index cards. 

 The current list of serial publications received includes 1,160 titles. 



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